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March 11, 2004

with apologies to myles na gopaleen

and the plain people of ireland, too

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posted at 12:01 AM | comments (5) | grrr

February 19, 2004

notes on the yale gaze

It was fun for a while / there was no way of knowing / more than this

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posted at 12:45 PM | comments (4) | art/music, grrr

June 19, 2003

knife goes in, guts come out

Perhaps the only sign of hope in the film is the suggestion that people in the future are using tachyon beams to send a message back into the past to be apprehended as dreams by the scientists. Although the content of the message is never quite revealed, it is clear it is a warning.

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April 9, 2003

mauvaise foi

“Like placard-sized wolfbane against the masturbatory cult of Saddam Hussein”

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March 30, 2003

for example

pointing out inconsistency is perhaps too easy lately

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posted at 1:33 PM | grrr, politics/history

March 28, 2003

a footnote from the Philippine-American War, 1898

Executive Mansion, Washington, December 21, 1898. The destruction of the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila by the United States naval squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Dewey, followed by the reduction of the city and the surrender of the Spanish forces, practically effected the conquest of the Philippine Islands and the suspension of the Spanish sovereignty therein. With the…

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posted at 6:42 PM | grrr, politics/history

March 19, 2003

and you know what else?

I vow never to make fun of Mormons again….

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March 18, 2003

a list, in no particular order

French people I’ve read and loved. Or liked, at least.

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February 16, 2003

the dogs of anti-war

Photographs against war

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posted at 2:24 AM | grrr, politics/history

February 12, 2003

anti-war rallies Saturday

Saturday appears to be a big day for rallies against the looming war in Iraq. Footstools will be provided, and at exactly 1930 GMT, peace-loving people around the world will simultaneously leap to the ground, unleashing colossal seismic forces that we expect will engulf the White House in a fury of tidal waves, swiftly sweeping it into international waters,…

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posted at 12:26 PM | comments (8) | grrr, politics/history

January 30, 2003

‘We sacrifice for the liberty of strangers.’

I think one of the more frightening words I learned as a freshman in high school was one favored especially by a certain prominent and infamously amoral German American statesman: realpolitik. I’m nearly twice as old now, and equally horrified, equally afraid, though the men of power couldn’t be any more different. They act in the name of peace,…

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posted at 12:52 AM | comments (2) | grrr, politics/history

January 22, 2003

*sigh*

Rumsfeld dismisses French

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posted at 7:47 PM | comments (4) | grrr, politics/history

January 6, 2003

dr. feelgood

So I have an Aretha Franklin album with a song called “Dr. Feelgood.” I can’t tell you if the song’s good or bad, though, thanks to Motley Crüe….

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posted at 5:19 PM | comments (2) | grrr

January 2, 2003

my stupid thinking is non-stop

I seem to be regressing to the mental state of my 18-year old self. My brain won’t shut up. I can’t sleep. I bought a journal. I’m filling every 9×14cm gridded sheet with lists of things that drive me nuts. I want to blame New Year’s, which grips me yearly with a special, wintry dread; it’s a holiday that…

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posted at 4:45 AM | comments (1) | dread/ennui, grrr

December 13, 2002

i cherish your right to shut up

I want to comment briefly on anger as it relates to a couple prior discussions, and I want to talk about why I don’t appreciate finding glib comments like this on my web site: I doubt that a non-white racial-stereotype would be received as cooly. Do homosexuals have a better sense of humor than minorities? I understand that everyone…

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December 5, 2002

goodbye, old austin

Sound Exchange is closing. Photos by Tamara, I think.

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November 20, 2002

punk rock

It shouldn’t have to be said, but punk rock is many things to many people. It is this to me: Punk rock is 1969, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1991, 2002, and all the times inbetween, but most of all it is now. It is about choosing your own friends and your own identity on your own terms because everyone else…

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October 22, 2002

the saturn L200

After paying twenty bucks at the gas pump with the Impala, I brought it back to the rental agency and asked for a smaller car. Now I’m driving the Saturn L200. I hate it. The Impala had his and her cigarette pack holders. The Saturn doesn’t even have an ashtray. The Impala went from zero to sixty in, I…

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